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Question 1 of 100

1. Question

3 points

The area located at the bottom of some search results separated by a horizontal rule is referred to as:

No special meaning, they are just part of the search results

Important Articles

In-depth articles

SERP expansions

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Google’s In-Depth articles was a program started by Google a few years back. It was originally titled as such, but the title was removed in favor of a more subtle “HR.”

Question 2 of 100

2. Question

3 points

When performing an off-page SEO audit, what % of anchor text should be branded?

It varies, a natural backlink portfolio can have varying percentages.

50% or more should be branded

50% or less should be branded

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Question 3 of 100

3. Question

2 points

The robots.txt file:

Shows Google and Bing a list of pages on your website in XML format.

Controls where robots such as Google crawl your site, and how often.

Displays a list of accepted robots that have accessed your website.

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Question 4 of 100

4. Question

4 points

Which snippet of HTML is correctly formatted:

<a href-"http://www.google.com">my backlink</a>

<a href="http://www.google.com">my backlink</a>

<a href="http://www.google.com">my backlink<a>

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Question 5 of 100

5. Question

1 points

Which URL structure is optimal for SEO in an example where we are considering an iPhone case:

http://www.example.com/p=1234

http://www.example.com/iphone/cases

http://www.example.com/iphone-cases

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Question 6 of 100

6. Question

1 points

The Google Penguin algorithm update targets sites that:

Have weak or spammy on-page content such as poor grammar, hidden text, etc

Have spammy backlinks pointing to it.

Have duplicate content on their blog or website

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Question 7 of 100

7. Question

1 points

The meta keywords HTML tag is currently one of the top ranking factors

True

False

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Question 8 of 100

8. Question

1 points

Check all analytics programs that can be an alternative to Google Analytics:

Ahrefs

Screaming Frog

Piwik

Kissmetrics

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Question 9 of 100

9. Question

2 points

Anchor text refers to the URL of the link within a hyperlink.

True

False

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Question 10 of 100

10. Question

1 points

It is safe to link to your own website, as long as:

You contact Google in advance

You add the rel=noindex parameter to the hyperlink

You add the rel=nofollow parameter to the hyperlink

Your anchor text isn't spammy.

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Question 11 of 100

11. Question

2 points

In the SEO community, link juice refers to:

The % of anchor text ratio on a given website.

The amount of PageRank passed from one page to another via hyperlink.

How many times you've linked from a page.

The anchor text ratio.

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Question 12 of 100

12. Question

3 points

Having blog comment spam on your website:

Leaves your website at high risk for Google Panda

Is poor user experience

Can increase the load time of your website

All of the above

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Question 13 of 100

13. Question

1 points

An exact match domain refers to:

A domain that contains the exact keywords they are trying to rank for.

A domain that links to an exact match keyword.

A keyword within your site that has the exact match as your domain.

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Question 14 of 100

14. Question

2 points

Website speed and SSL are both recognized by Google as SEO ranking factors:

61. Question

Enter the exact name of the ULR such as: http://www.exmaple.com in Google

Enter the exact name of the brand in Google such as "Microsoft"

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Question 62 of 100

62. Question

1 points

Xenu is a tool used to:

Generate backlink suggestions for your niche.

Check for broken backlinks.

Identify possible influencers that you could link to.

Find all links to your website.

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Question 63 of 100

63. Question

1 points

Which websites are top sources for SEO news:

Search Engine Land

Search Engine Watch

Search Unit

Webmaster World

SEO News: Facts, Finds, and Fun

An alien from Scientology

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Question 64 of 100

64. Question

1 points

An example of a gTLD is:

http://www.example.com

.NYC

example.com

none of the above

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Question 65 of 100

65. Question

1 points

ICANN is:

The governing body that ensures SEO standards are practiced.

A non-profit that assigns domain names to companies and people.

A group of SEO's that formed a non-profit to gain international exposure for SEO.

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Question 66 of 100

66. Question

1 points

SEO is a regulated industry by the US government.

True

False

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Question 67 of 100

67. Question

1 points

[Not Provided] Refers to:

The fact that Google does not provide results to the given website.

The fact that Google does not pass keyword data to analytics.

An error given to websites when they are de-indexed from Google.

A general error given to most websites when no search results are present.

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Question 68 of 100

68. Question

1 points

Toolbar PageRank is updated:

In real time

Once a week

Once per quarter

It is no longer regularly updated

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Question 69 of 100

69. Question

1 points

You wake up and find that you’ve been demoted in Google search engine, what could be the reason(s):

You are penalized by Penguin, for shady links.

You failed to link your website with Google Search Console.

You are penalized by Panda, for shady on-page.

You were penalized by RankBrain for not having the correct machine learning.

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Question 70 of 100

70. Question

1 points

The most common reason to disavow is to:

A manual action

A panda penalty

A site-wide backlink

Someone who claims they were injured as a result of your website.

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Question 71 of 100

71. Question

1 points

FTP is used to:

Manage files on your local computer

Transfer files from a local computer to a server

Test the strength of your server

"Find the Program" best suited for the task

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Question 72 of 100

72. Question

1 points

The area to the right of the search results on desktop, that provides useful information, facts, etc is known as:

Rank Brain

The Knowledge Graph

Google API

Paid Results

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Question 73 of 100

73. Question

1 points

Google displays different results on desktop than it does on mobile:

True

False

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Question 74 of 100

74. Question

1 points

Google has a team of technicians that scour the web looking for spammy websites, hacked websites, and other quality related issues. They may manually apply a manual action or “penalty” depending on their findings, and reports submitted from the general public.:

True

False

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Question 75 of 100

75. Question

1 points

In 2015, Google Webmaster Tools changed the name to Google Search Console:

True

False

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Question 76 of 100

76. Question

1 points

According to Google, a reconsideration request should only be submitted when:

You've received an algorithmic action.

You've received a manual action.

You want to get a better ranking position than you already have.

Your site is hacked and you want to get back in the index.

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Question 77 of 100

77. Question

1 points

Repeated violators of Google Webmaster Guidelines may be be:

Reported to the local authorities.

Permanently removed from the index.

Given an infinite number of chances.

Highlighted in red in the search engines indicating a "bad website."

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Question 78 of 100

78. Question

1 points

Always design your pages for search engines, not the users because if search engines can’t rank your page, users will never be able to see it.

True

False

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Question 79 of 100

79. Question

1 points

Examples of UGC or “user generated content” might be:

Blog comments, forum posts or guest posts

It is just a term made up by SEO's intended for users

Content designed for users, not search engines

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Question 80 of 100

80. Question

4 points

Which of the following could be considered off-page SEO factors:

a backlink from YouTube

a citation from Yelp

content on a subdomain

a press release with a do-follow link

a spammy link from a hacked site

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Question 81 of 100

81. Question

1 points

On-page SEO factors refer to SEO factors that can normally be found “on” the site itself.

True

False

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Question 82 of 100

82. Question

4 points

The .htaccess file can be used to:

Redirect users from one page to another

Create a sitemap

Block troublesome users

Create more friendly permalinks

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Question 83 of 100

83. Question

1 points

Keyword density refers to:

The length in characters of a given keyword

How many times a keyword is repeated per page

How many times a keyword is repeated in a meta description

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Question 84 of 100

84. Question

3 points

Matt Cutts went on leave from Google after he:

Took a long needed leave of absence to spend more time with his family

Flipped out at Google, revealing sensitive documents about Google algorithm

Was unable to keep up with the blackhat SEO community, and was fired by an artificially intelligent robot that he created and turned on him

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Question 85 of 100

85. Question

1 points

Common ways that SEO’s use to determine a “quality domain” are:

Domain age

Length of domain name

Domain IP

Keywords in domain

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Question 86 of 100

86. Question

3 points

Image alt tags are great for SEO, but is the real reason for an image alt tag:

An alternate image in case the image doesn't load.

Alternate text in case the image doesn't load

A caption underneath the image

An overlay over the image

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Question 87 of 100

87. Question

1 points

Googlebot is unable to read JavaScript

True

False

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Question 88 of 100

88. Question

1 points

One of the reasons that WordPress is loved by SEO’s everywhere because:

It enables SEO's to easily fool Google using its built-in functions.

It is easy to deploy, easy to update, and has many SEO plugins that make it easy to use.

It is extremely lightweight, and page speed is a critical factor.

It is a validated CMS by Google OpenCMS, making it easy for Google to crawl.

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Question 89 of 100

89. Question

3 points

What were 3 of the hottest topics of discussion and debate in SEO in 2015:

Mobile, schema, and SSL

GWT, Caffeine, and the UX

Architecture, AMP, and the Caffeine update

Prominence, Relevance and Density

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Question 90 of 100

90. Question

1 points

Most SEO’s prefer responsive sites to mobile websites because

Mobile websites are not accepted in Google

Responsive websites respond to all devices, while mobile websites only work on certain mobile devices

Mobile websites were depreciated in 2014

Responsive websites respond faster, mobile websites are bloated

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Question 91 of 100

91. Question

1 points

John Mueller is the new head of Google webspam, who replaced Matt Cutts after he went on leave

True

False

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Question 92 of 100

92. Question

2 points

Links coming from Wikipedia are generally:

do-follow

no-follow

no-reply

none of the above

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Question 93 of 100

93. Question

3 points

Who was one of the first SEO bloggers to state: “SEO is dead”

Rand Fishkin

Paul Shapiro

Jeremy Shoemaker

Marie Haynes

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Question 94 of 100

94. Question

1 points

In 2006, BMW was penalized in Google for what blackhat tactic:

Spammy backlinks

Cloaking

Doorway pages

Spinning articles

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Question 95 of 100

95. Question

1 points

PBN stands for:

Pretty Boring Niche

Peasant Blog Network

Profitable Blog Niche

Private Blog Network

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Question 96 of 100

96. Question

3 points

Common image optimization tactics include

optimizing the alt, title and file name of an image

editing the meta info for an image

off-page factors such as links to and from the image

all of the above

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Question 97 of 100

97. Question

1 points

Google’s Webmaster Central Blog resides on what platform:

WordPress.com

Blogspot.com

Tumblr.com

Your silly, Google can afford its own domain!

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Question 98 of 100

98. Question

2 points

What is responsive web design?

SEO friendly web design

Just like a mobile site, a separate website designed specifically for mobile.

A website design standard that responds to the device and screen size the user is using.

A type of website design that displays different versions depending on where you are in the world.

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Question 99 of 100

99. Question

2 points

Check all ways you can validate your website with Google Search Console: